Chapter 9
Never the Same Again For what it was worth, my birthday was last week. Even I hadn’t noticed until today. I was sixteen years old now.
I stood in a stone room, trying not to tremble, knowing what was coming. We were underneath the castle kitchens, and when I’d asked why the smoke wouldn’t be a problem, Leander had waved me off with a “ventilation system – you wouldn’t understand and it’s neither here nor there”. It was my initiation. I had seen Paathke’s...
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